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namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Config;

/// <summary>
/// Allows for custom modification of an application context's object
/// definitions, adapting the object property values of the context's
/// underlying object factory.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// <p>
/// Application contexts can auto-detect
/// <c>IObjectFactoryPostProcessor</c> objects in their object definitions and
/// apply them before any other objects get created.
/// </p>
/// <p>
/// Useful for custom config files targeted at system administrators that
/// override object properties configured in the application context.
/// </p>
/// <p>
/// See PropertyResourceConfigurer and its concrete implementations for
/// out-of-the-box solutions that address such configuration needs.
/// </p>
/// </remarks>
/// <author>Juergen Hoeller</author>
/// <author>Rick Evans (.Net)</author>
public interface IObjectFactoryPostProcessor
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Modify the application context's internal object factory after its
    /// standard initialization.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// <p>
    /// All object definitions will have been loaded, but no objects will have
    /// been instantiated yet. This allows for overriding or adding properties
    /// even to eager-initializing objects.
    /// </p>
    /// </remarks>
    /// <param name="factory">
    /// The object factory used by the application context.
    /// </param>
    /// <exception cref="Spring.Objects.ObjectsException">
    /// In case of errors.
    /// </exception>
    void PostProcessObjectFactory(IConfigurableListableObjectFactory factory);
}
